Improvement in suspenders



man Scie JOSEPH WARRENl WATTLES, or lCANTON, MASSACHUSETTS;

Letters Patent No1-09,853, dated December 6, 1870.

' 'IMPROVEMENT INI s'usPEND-ERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters' Puextz'enl: and makingA part f the same.-

To all persons to whom these presentscnay come;

I Beit knownthat I, JOSEPH WARREN WATTLES,

of Canton, of theconty of Norfolk andState ofMassnchusetts, lveinvelrted'a new and useful 'Improvement in the Manufacture of Suspenders, or the buttonhole carrying portions thereof; and do herehyldeclare the same to bc fully described-1in the lfolhowing specification and represented inthe accompanying drawing, v0f which- Figure 1 denotes afront view; and d Figure 2, an edge 'view oa,suspenderbuckle and its two button-hole carrie'lvs o'r straps,l'made in accordance. with my in vention. i

Each of such carriers or straps consists 'of a thin flexible plate ofinetal,-faced on its opposite Sides with cloth, secured to the plate by stitching or sewing going through the cloth and the plate, the buttonlhol'e being out or formed directly through' orl in the metallic plat-c and the cloth. t

' Thelsaid metallic plate serves asa re-enforcc to the clot-h, keeping it in its normal condition', or preventing it from, stretching While 'in use. It also preif'ents the button-holed strap from tearing away from thebuckle,

and 'ena'blesthe eyelet used in secnringthe strap 'to the buckle to be set together, and totirrnly hold the parts on which it` may he contracted. A 1

nietal may be turned 4 over, or may-be bound or otherwise protected, in orderto preventthen1,in case it may he necessaryor desirable so to do, from 'cutting the button-securing thread when' the' strap may be in use.

I make no claim to either'ofthe subjects of the United States Patents' Nos'-89,302 or`94,881. 1- do not claim the introduction of strands of wire or wire cloth between 'covelings of leather to form machine belting, nor the introduction of sheet metal in thc-same manner and for alike purpose; but

I claim, as anew article of manutzture, and as my invention- 'i A. suspender-button strap, having allayer/of `thin sheet metal interposed between'two layers of 'cloth or leather, in the manneran'd for the purpose set forth.

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